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Renewing the EU-Africa Partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit

TA-10-2025-0253 · P10_TA(2025)0253 · PE778.791

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Parliament's resolution calls for a renewed EU-Africa partnership of equals ahead of the Angola Summit, covering peace, security, governance, sustainable development, trade, youth, migration, climate and institutional cooperation. It urges concrete actions, including ratifying the Samoa Agreement, supporting African-led peace efforts, implementing the AfCFTA, creating an industrialisation pact and a youth innovation fund, and establishing annual high-level dialogues.

Key points

  1. Calls for a renewed partnership based on mutual respect and shared interests, with the UN 2030 Agenda and SDGs as common compass.
  2. Urges the EU to step up actions and visibility in Africa, contrasting with opaque influence from China and Russia.
  3. Calls for institutionalising the parliamentary dimension of EU-AU summits and revitalising joint parliamentary dialogue.
  4. Urges EU member states and African partners to ratify the Samoa Agreement without delay.
  5. Calls for comprehensive EU-Africa security cooperation, supporting African-led peace operations and condemning Russia's destabilising role in the Sahel.
  6. Expresses concern over conflicts in Sudan, DRC, Libya, Mozambique, Somalia, Ethiopia; calls for EU action and accountability.
  7. Calls for enhanced cooperation on democracy, elections, and funding for women and youth peacebuilders.
  8. Notes Christians as the most persecuted religious community and calls for involving churches in EU programmes.
  9. Calls for sustainable alternatives to Chinese investments and responsible critical raw materials cooperation.
  10. Supports AfCFTA implementation and stresses NDICI-Global Europe's role; calls for debt restructuring and innovative financing.
  11. Calls for an EU-Africa industrialisation pact, bridging financing gaps from USAID withdrawal, and ring-fenced humanitarian aid.
  12. Calls for youth innovation fund, migration partnerships, gender equality, health cooperation, climate finance, and summit commitments.

Who is affected

  • EU member states and African partners: urged to ratify the Samoa Agreement.
  • African-led peace operations: called for predictable funding, including UN-assessed contributions.
  • Churches in Africa: to be involved in EU programme implementation.
  • Young people and women: targeted for funding and participation in peacebuilding and innovation.
  • African countries: affected by calls for debt restructuring, industrialisation pact, and climate finance.

Figures and deadlines

  • 43 % of the UN's USD 50 billion humanitarian aid appeal met.
  • Africa's population exceeded 1,5 billion in 2024, projected to reach 2,5 billion by 2050.
  • Africa's public debt ratio rose from 32,7 % to 65 % between 2010 and 2022.
  • 0,7 % of gross national income to ODA target.
  • 50 GW of renewable capacity and electricity access for 100 million people by 2030.
  • Roadmap to double Africa-EU trade and investment by 2030.